Daniel Charles Piraro (born October 1958),[1][2] is a painter, illustrator, and cartoonist best known for his syndicated cartoon panel Bizarro.

[16] His work has garnered occasional complaints, as in 2005 when he offered newspapers a politics-free version of a comic supporting gay rights.

In any event, this is overdue recognition of a strip that is among the best drawn (for me, up there with 9 Chickweed Lane and Non Sequitur) and inventive (for me, up there with Liō and Zits).

Bizarro has also given the world of comic strips signature icons, such as his ongoing placements of eyeballs, pieces of pie, aliens in space ships and somewhat menacing bunnies.

To me, Bizarro hits heights of offbeat creativity and daily surprises that haven’t been seen since Gary Larson and his The Far Side panel.

[20]His graphic novel, Peyote Cowboy, won the National Cartoonists Society's "Best Online Comic-Longform" award in 2021.